This year the Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers will hit its 35 year birthday. A lot can happen in 35 years! The benefit to collecting home buyer and seller data for 35 years is that demographic changes become explicitly apparent in time series exhibits. The other benefit is when data remains relatively flat, you… Continue Reading Demographic Trend Lines in Housing: Exciting? Yes! Here’s Why
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Commercial fundamentals in REALTORS®’ markets continued gaining strength during the second quarter of 2016. Based on NAR’s Commercial Real Estate Market Trends report, leasing activity advanced. With demand for commercial space rising, developers have taken note and ramped up construction. New commercial construction mirrored the broader economic slowdown, posting a 5.3 percent gain from the… Continue Reading Vacancies Decline in REALTORS®’ CRE Markets
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On October 31st, NAR will release the 2016 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. NAR has been producing this survey research report since 1981. To mark the 35th year of publication, we will be highlighting some of the key trends gleaned from the Profile series with new infographics and trendlines. The report has grown and… Continue Reading 35th Anniversary for the Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
After steadily rising for four straight months, stubbornly low inventory levels and affordability pressures caused existing-home sales to falter in July. Just how bad is the current supply situation? Consider the fact that we were saying a year ago that inventory was too low. Now? Supply at the end of July is 5.8 percent lower… Continue Reading Behind July’s Existing-Home Sales Cooldown